Abe’s Dry Cleaners-Leather & Suede Cleaning

This is my go to place when it comes to tailoring or shoe repair. Mary is the sweetest woman and very fair when it comes to price. She has even cut a shirt for me and sewed on a button right on the spot. I have been going here for 3 years and have never had a problem. Once I got a skirt taken in but it was still too large so I took it back and she fixed it immediately free of charge. Abe also does great show work right on the spot as well. He has polished, stretched and resoled many of my shoes. I absolutely love this place!

My first visit there, I stopped by to see how much it would cost to have the rubber sole on the heel of my Dolce Vita boot put back on. He took it to his station, popped it right back on, gave me back my boot and said, «it’s free!» I am so appreciative of great service that I decided to have them waterproof my suede boots. They were ready by the time I was off of work that evening, and looked even better than when I first purchased them. Best part, he only charged me $ 10! I’ve worn these boots several times since, both in rain and snow and I couldn’t be happier with them.

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this place for cleaning Louis Vuitton luggage. I took a Louis Vuitton bag there, and when I got it back, the vachetta trim and luggage tag were very dried out. The rest of the bag looked fine, just not the vachetta. I’ve tried using oils to re-​moisturize it, but unfortunately the oils didn’t help and the trim and luggage tag just broke and tore in several places from becoming so dry. My bag is almost 20 years old, so I’m not sure if that made the cleaning harder for them or not.

The lid came off of a sharpie inside of my vintage bucket bag. It proceeded to bleed a nasty splotch all the way through it’s beautiful leather. I threw it away. I cried. I pulled it out of the trash and researched if there was any way… any possible way… to remove the stain.
I found Abe’s. A gift from the angels.
The ink ran completely through the leather and could not be removed. Abe was able to «paint» over the stain with a color that matched the rest of the leather. He then moisturized and polished up the bag a bit (but not too much… I like the weathered look). You could never even tell that the stain was there. My bag looks better than it ever has.
All of this… for 20 FREAKIN DOLLARS!!!
Get outta here.
On top of that, I left my check book and an undeposited, signed check in the little hidden pocket in the bag. They pointed it out to me. I would have never even noticed. In the hands of somebody untrustworthy, that could have been bad news. With Honest Abe and his lovely wife, I am in good hands.

Love this place! Wonderful people, local business, they take extra care to please, friendly and efficient service. I bring my shoes in, they repair them in a day or two or even sometimes the same day and the prices are family prices. Can’t say enough great things about this business.

I brought in 8 curtain panels to be cleaned and hemmed. One would think that a business that calls itself a «dry cleaning» service would understand the difference between «dry cleaning» and «laundering.» These geniuses do not.
When I brought my curtains in, they had crisp creases in the pleats, looked elegant and chic, the fabric felt substantial and valuable… but they needed to be cleaned and raised 2 inches. How simple a job is that?
The first time I got them back, I brought them home without even looking at them at the cleaners, and I was horrified. The curtains looked like someone had simply tossed them into a washer and dryer and folded them up without even ironing them. Everything that had made them look chic and tasteful had been eliminated. The fabric, which had such a beautiful finish when I brought the curtains in, now looked and felt like cheap muslin.
And they were wrinkled. The sharp pleats were gone. The hems were not sewn in the same position on any of the panels. The color was drained. The tiny weights at the bottom of each panel (to help them hang straight) were removed. They were RUINED!
I pretty much knew that there was nothing that could be done to save them, but I called them up anyway. The woman I spoke with (owner? manager?) said to bring them back so she could steam them. STEAM THEM!!! I told her, no, that would not resolve anything – they had ruined my curtains. She asked me to bring them back anyway.
I brought them in and the woman acted like it was no big deal and that I was overreacting. She tried to assure me that she could fix the problem. They just needed some starch in them, she said. I explained that the sharp creases were gone, and she tried to convince me that there should not be creases in the curtains. I insisted on it and she finally agreed.
I returned 2 days later, and guess what? They weren’t ready. So I returned yet again the next day. They were at least ironed and on hangers this time. But they were still ruined. They now look cheap and flimsy. I’m going to have to buy new curtains.
The worst part? They charged my $ 150 for their «services.» No – strike that – they charged me $ 150 to destroy my curtains.
I wish I had read and heeded the warning of the other Unilocal reviewer who had a similar experience with curtains. I will never, ever return to this business and I warn anyone who reads this – AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS! They will casually destroy what you bring them and overcharge for the privilege!
I wish this business nothing but bankruptcy and financial ruin. They deserve nothing less.

Solid local business that’s family run and it shows… always takes care of my cleaning needs in top form for the minimal cost.

Do not bring anything of value in here. They will steal it then claim it got accidentally lost. Then they will offer you a 10% off coupon for your troubles good at their sister Armenian clothing store. They «lost» my $ 3500 jacket here.

I absolutely love Abe’s. I always have to get my clothes tailored and I am always happy with the result I get. They know me the second I walk in, treat me nicely and don’t charge me an arm and a leg.
I appreciate the personalized service and can only recommend this place to everyone in the area.

Prompt, excellent, warm service at inexpensive prices. I’ve had my clothes dry-​cleaned and altered, my shoes fixed and it’s one of the few businesses that treats its customers’ needs as important and you leave smiling.
They employees are one big family and if they could play music, you’d cheer encore! I highly recommend them!
Charlie

Learn from my mistake young Unilocalers and beware.
I dropped my curtains off for some basic hemming — just take it up a few inches please. Cut, fold, sew. Not a big deal at all right?
The nice lady who took them says «That will be fifty dollars.»
Gulp.
Now, I should have said, «Fifty dollars? That’s over ten dollars a panel, are you crazy… or do you think I’m crazy???» I should have said, «No thank you, that’s too much, I will take my business elsewhere.» But I didn’t. I said, «OK»
She said they would be ready by the next day and they were ready on time so I will give them that as it seems other reviewers have not had the same experience.
I just put them up. They look OK, just not «fifty dollars» OK… Highway robbery on Sunset Blvd.

Took my lunch break down the street at Shophouse, shook a Sriracha bottle to top off my noodles, and rather than ending up in my bowl, it ended up all over the tail of my shirt. Naturally, I couldn’t go back to work in this shirt so I took it to Abe’s.
This Abe happens to not be so honest. When I came back the next day to pick up my shirt, Mary handed it to me over the counter and immediately took my $ 3 or $ 4. I asked her very surprisingly if they were able to get the stain out and was impressed when she said yes. However, upon closer examination of the shirt, the pink outline of the stain was still visible. How did I not notice this when she gave it to me? THEY IRONED A CREASE IN THE SHIRT TO HIDE IT! When I mentioned to her very kindly that they in fact did not get it out, she said very nonchalantly, «Yes, it was very difficult.»
Failing to remove the stain would not have resulted in a poor review. It was red and heavily soiled. I wouldn’t even have asked for my money back or refused to pay them for at least trying. But was my pocket change worth this poor ethical performance? Me thinks not. So why two stars and not one? By some miracle, after hanging in my closet for a month or two after I received it back, that pink outline disappeared. To this day, you would never know. Still, even though this is a convenient dry-​cleaner for me, I am not interested in their services.

Amazing job, friendly people. Had a small hole in my jacket, they charged me only $ 5, were done within an hour and you’d never know there was a hole there. Place was great. Avoid Alex’s Tailor on Hollywood blvd behind the Suit Outlet, rude guy tried to charge me $ 25 and pick it up in the middle off the week on HIS time. Avoid the rip-​offs and go to Abe’s!

Mary has been altering my clothes and dry cleaning my stuff since 2006. She has been one of thee best seamstress I have ever met. I get everything done here from my Business Suits, jeans, shorts, custom made dress shirts and leather footwear serviced, altered or cleaned.
I am a business professional and work in the entertainment industry so looks is everything for me and how I am perceived. I thank a lot of my success to Mary & Mike for always having me look so sharp.
And the best part about all her work, it has been the most reasonably priced of all the tailors/​Dry cleaners I have ever taken my garments too. She truly knows how to satisfy her clients. I almost feel like family when I see her, it’s definitely a kind of «You need to love what you do» kind of place.

I’ve brought a couple different items here for alterations. Everything has always came back as I asked and rather quickly. Only down side is that there’s no prices posted anywhere and I’ve been charged different rates for the same work before.

Perfect dry cleaner for someone who wants to pick up clothes two days after they say to find them STILL dirty and be treated rudely. If that sounds good, Abe’s is your place!
Wouldn’t recommend bringing them anything valuable or that you want back cleaned.
This place less of a dry cleaner, more of a high-​priced storage space for dirty clothes.

I would recommend Abe’s to anyone. They are super friendly and helpful and very quick too. From standard dry cleaning and alterations to making custom curtains and repairing vintage leather luggage, Abe’s is by far my favorite and most trusted place in LA. Did I mention they are fairly priced as well? A+

Excellent service! One of the most attentive, helpful, and exciting staff in Hollywood. I had my Fellini suit custom tailored there and it was spot on! Thanks. Highly recommended.

They got the job done right, but wasn’t very happy with the service.

The old is new again. Way back in the day when I would buy suits from Nordstrom and Sacks I would bring them here to be cleaned and tailored and each time they did great job. The service was always very friendly and fast. Not once have I ever had a problem with the service from this place. It has been a long time since I have a had a suit to tailor, but I am going to Washington DC next month to and since I will be on capital hill I wanted to look good. I purchased my suit, this time from the Hollywood Suit Outlet, (another review) and today I took it in to ABE’s.
The only change has been in the awesome lady who runs the place, she looked amazing. I thought she was the daughter of the woman that use to help me over 10 years ago, but nope it was in fact her, just a lot smaller. The service was still great the the suit looks awesome, just like always.
I have seen other reviews of ABE’s saying the dry cleaning is bad, but it you really look at what is said then you will see that the things taken to ABE’s were already in such LOUSY condition to begin with. One person even said her items were very dirty. WTF? This lady is not magic. How bout taking better care of your clothes before you bring them in?
ABE’s is great and the dry cleaning is awesome too. I would trust all my things to ABE’s, they do great work and the service is awesome. Furthermore the prices are the best in town. It is nice to know that some places still care about the jobs they perform and it shows.
For those of one who treat your clothes like crap to begin with, please dont think someone else to fix your mess. «My zipper broke…» stop buying your purses at yard sales then. LOL
My pants look great… French cuff and I will be looking EPIC in DC thanks ABE’s YOU ROCK